Football drills

#8 Passing drill 

    This exercise has the goal to perfect the passing technique and include speed and space and time orientation. For this exercise you need minimum 4 players arranged in a circle like in the picture and a ball. 

    The drill starts from the player with the ball who passes to a team player and after the pass he runs towards him and takes his place. The player who receives the ball is doing the same thing, but I have to mention that the pass should be made without stopping it, only with the first touch. To make the drill harder and for a better progression, you can use 2 balls at the same time, because in this way the players are more concentrated and there is no time to waste. 

    The aim of the drill is to improve passing and movement technique and is suitable for players age 8  or bigger and the coach should pay attention to accuracy of pass, communication between players and a good player movement. The drill should last around 4` with a break of 30`` and you should repeat at least 2 times. The coach decides how many times and minutes depending of the players condition. 

    There are multiple variation of the drill, one of them is to reduce the minute of the drill to 3 and skip the pause and add force drill (push-ups, squat, etc) and other variation is to put the players to do some squats while they are waiting for the ball. 

Football drills

#7 – Passing 

Equipment: cones, 1 ball

Suitable for: 8+

Number of players: Minimum 2

Organization: the cones are arranged in a straight direction with a ~1.5m distance between them. The players are situated like in the diagram. The player with the ball starts by passing it  to his teammate through the first 2 cones and then he moves forward to reiceve and pass back to his teammate who is doing the same thing.

The distance of the drill depends by the coach and his training session.

Aim: Improving passing, coordination and movement technique.

Progressions:

·         one touch

·         increase tempo

·         foot-eye coordination

Coaching points:

•          accuracy of pass
•          communication
•          player movement

Football drills

#5 Passing

Equipment: 4 cones, 1 ball

Suitable for: 8+

Number of players: Minimum 5

Organization: The players are arranged like in the diagram. Player from cone A starts with passing to cone B. The player from cone B passes back to player A who comes meeting the ball half way and passes back to player B on a future position (see the diagram) and so on. After player A finish his pass he goes to the next cone and so on.

Aim: Improving passing and movement technique

Progressions:

•           increase tempo
•          1 touch
•          Change the way of the drill (right or left)

Coaching points:

•          accuracy of pass
•          communication
•          player movement
•          time of reaction when it comes to switch the action
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Football drills

#3 – Passing

Equipment: 8 cones, 1 ball

Suitable for: 8+

Number of players: Minimum 4

Organization: Each player is placed between two cones. The distance between cones is ~2m. The player with the ball passes to the player next to him. The player who receives the ball makes 2 touches; the first one si to gently stop the ball for the next touch, where he must pass the ball to the next player.

Aim:

•          Improving passing technique
•          Precision

Progressions:

•          1 touch
•          Increase tempo
•          Change the distance between cones (smaller)

Coaching points:

•          Accuracy of pass
•          Weight of pass